Will lay emphasis on increasing production of oilseeds Rajasthan has become the first State in the country to implement the national policy on biofuels unveiled by the Centre in May this year. The desert State will lay emphasis on increasing production of oilseeds and establish a Centre for Excellence in …
In a move to rationalise the Centrally Sponsored Schemes under the agriculture ministry, the government will bring down the number of such schemes to just eight from the current 52 in the 12th Five Year Plan that starts from the next financial year. Such a pruning will not only help …
The Prime Minister’s office (PMO) has directed the agriculture ministry to come out with a time-bound action plan to usher in a green revolution in eastern India, with a special focus on improving production of oilseeds and pulses. The PMO wants the ministry to get back within a month with …
The Government has announced a time bound action plan to set the second phase of Green Revolution in motion. This will involve increasing the production of pulses and oilseeds in the eastern region with the help of high-yielding seeds. This was decided in a review meeting held at the Prime …
Existing targets for biofuels and other forms of bioenergy are based on flawed carbon accounting and should be revised downwards, a draft report by a panel of 19 top European scientists showed. "It is widely assumed that bioenergy is inherently carbon-neutral -- however this assumption is flawed," said the Scientific …
Total food security for the poor is the primary goal of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam government. And it is convinced that universal public distribution system (PDS) ensures better food security. As a major step in this direction, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has ordered supply of rice free of …
Question of repealing the law to be decided after consulting experts The State government is not going to notify the date of enforcement of the Tamil Nadu State Agricultural Council Act, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa told the Assembly on Tuesday. Intervening in the debate on the demands for grants to the …
The cultivation of kharif rice, sugarcane and oilseeds has improved over the last week, but that of pulses and coarse cereals is lagging due to deficient rain in parts of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra. As per the data released by the Ministry of Agriculture here on Friday, the area …
To train farmers in quality production; distribute seeds at 50 per cent subsidy The district has been sanctioned Rs.1.01 crore under the Seed Village Scheme during the current financial year for providing training to farmers in quality seed production and distribution of certified and foundation seeds to farmers at subsidised …
Good monsoon, higher MSP help The country is heading for a record foodgrains production in the 2010-11 crop year at 241.56 million tonnes, with wheat and pulses output touching an all time high of 85.93 million tonnes and 18.09 million tonnes respectively. Union Agriculture Secretary P. K. Basu attributed the …
There is a need to break yield barriers through multidimensional approch to achieve food security on a sustainable basis for the people of this country. Cooperatives can play an important role in this direction due to their proximity to farmers. The Indian Farmers' Fertilizer Cooperative Limited (IFFCO), since over the …
Mohan Kohli, a famous agricultural scientist from India, had been involved with the agriculture sector in Paraguay over the last three decades for the improvement of wheat cultivation and production. And it is widely believed that due to Kohli
The OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2011-2020 says that a good harvest in the coming months should push commodity prices down from the extreme levels seen earlier this year. However, the Outlook states that over the coming decade real prices for cereals could average as much as 20 percent higher and those …
Bangalore Karnataka government has chalked out plans to provide irrigation facility for two lakh acre this year in all river basin areas in a bid to increase agricultural output in the state. The plan is to divert the excess water from the rivers for irrigation. The irrigation facility for the …
COIMBATORE: The Department of Organic and Seed Certification has certified 93,552 tonnes seed from the paddy, millets, pulses, cotton, oil seeds and vegetable varieties. The purpose behind certifying the seeds was to convey to the farmers that they could be assured of the purity of the seeds, the department said …
This paper examines economy-wide impacts of expansion of biodiesel production to meet the blending target using a computable general equilibrium model. Assesses impacts of biodiesel expansion on household welfare, other sectors of the economy, carbon emissions, rural development, and employment generation. The biofuel policy of India stipulates a blending target …
Balancing the conflicting interest of farmers, intermediaries and consumers is a tightrope walk for the Indian government even when there is price tranquility. This balancing exercise has become nightmarish in recent years with food inflation showing persistency and turbulence. These developments prompted the Cabinet Secretary to constitute an inter-ministerial group …
This document is the first volume in a new series of publications to mark the 10th year of Bt cotton cultivation in India. It is a comprehensive and rich source of information on the multi-purpose utility Bt cotton for food (oil), feed (cake) and fiber (kapas) that has been gaining …
In the present world scenario bio-diesel has been accepted as a clean alternative fuel. Thus even before the Copenhagen Summit on climate change was held during December 2009, the participating world countries had already started fixing the mammoth targets for emission cut, which require more stringent steps in the energy …
International prices of key food staples have dropped during the first five months of 2010 according to the latest edition of FAO's biannual Food Outlook report. The FAO Food Price Index averaged 164 points in May 2010, down from 174 points in January and substantially less than its peak of …
